The Hero6 Thread

[Swift]

Thanks Yonkey. Try this.

[Yonkey]

Sounds great!

[Swift]

Glad you liked them!

[Swift]

More news about the Speech Pack

[Storm]

It wasn't really surprising - no one (especially not Hero6!) would choose April 1st to make such an announcement, unless they're trying to mess with people's heads

I was surprised, however, since I sorta assumed a project of Hero6's caliber would have a speech pack to begin with

[Swift]

This prank was meant for laughs, not to fool people, kinda like how Blizzard does their pranks.

BurgerCraft
Wisp
Evil Patch Notes

It's a lot easier and safer to make funny jokes than to make a believable prank, which is why we opted for that route.

The team decided years ago not to have a speech pack because of quality concerns, but hopefully the team would be keen to produce one after the game's released.

[Yonkey]

I actually prefer jokes to pranks, since the latter is not always funny to people that fall for it.

That being said, you guys should really consider having a some voices at least for cutscenes if not a full-blown speech pack, since they can definitely add to the richness of a game.

[Swift]

I'd love to release the game with a Speech Pack for the reasons that you described, Yonkey, but the majority in the team would prefer not to have one. Hopefully we'll have a Speech Pack after the game's released or something.

[Swift]

Although the speech pack was a joke, we are flattered and pleased that people feel enthusiastic enough about the project to respond with such passion about it!

It's  these kind of happy accidents that makes us even more committed to delivering a quality product for everyone to enjoy. We do apologize for any misunderstanding and hope the prank is taken as what it is, a fun indulgence in an even funnier tradition.

Ianfe
Plot/Music Admin Hero6

[Shewofdaventry]

as long as this means it is coming out sometime in the near future 

[Oldbushie]

I remember when KQ2VGA had a "speech pack" as an april fool's prank, and they ended up having one after all about 3 months later.

[Swift]

I am considering remaking the hero6 visitor site. It has been hacked, and anyone who goes to the forums right now will get a virus.

[Yonkey]

Whoa.  Another site hacked.   April Fool's day has long passed so this definitely isn't a joke.  Were you guys able to find out who did it?

[Deloria]

First IA, now Hero6...*sakes head sadly* I really hope it doesn't happen here next.
I noticed something really strange, I got three e-mails from QFMG.com, saying something like "Please help our forum" and a download link. Next thing I know, I've downloaded a virus. Luckily nothing happened, but I wonder if the same thing's happened there.

[Oldbushie]

 

Someone's really after indie game developers for some reason...

[Yonkey]

Maybe, but it's also possible it could have been random.  Our site gets probed for security vulerabilities pretty much daily.

[Oldbushie]

And who does the probing?

*imagines big hairy men with electrified iron rods*

[Deloria]

And who does the probing?

*imagines big hairy men with electrified iron rods*

You have a really good imagination

[Jafar]

Hmm...I think the fact that IA, Hero6, and QFMG all use the same kind of forum might have something to do with this...

[Swift]

You're most likely right, Jafar. Striker guessed that it's most likely an Invision hack that's targetted at its vulnerablities, since Invision Power Boards don't provide patches for free forums.

We're still investigating. I don't know how long it'll take for either Coco or PHattiE to look into this matter.

What is interesting to note is that the exe file that was sent out via emails to the QFMG forum members is the same one that the hacked Hero6 site was trying to send out to unpatched IE users when they attempt to view the site, and according to the logs from our visitors site, an admin had apparently tried mass mailing everyone using the admin panel a few days ago, using a very different IP address. The fortunate thing was that those messages were never sent, because that function doesn't work. Unfortunately, I don't have any copy of what was sent out so I can't check to see if it's the same one that was sent as QFMG emails. I think his account was hacked into, because I can't think of a reason why he would attempt to mass mail people, and the IPs don't match. That IP points to Estonia.

An html file with the name of sys7ech.html was found on the server side, with an "owned" type of message, which suggests that the hacker/s was/were from Germany.